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Content tagged with Digital Divide posted in May 2021
Broadband Bites: OneWeb developing a 'beam-hopping' satellite
Broadband World News   5/28/2021   Post a comment
Also in this roundup: India adopts rules to advance satellite Internet; US Treasury urged to fund more underserved areas; FCC Commissioner wants big tech to pay for broadband.
Will universal broadband be sacrificed for 'bipartisanship'?
Broadband World News   5/26/2021   Post a comment
President Biden offers to shave $35 billion off of his broadband proposal in the name of bipartisanship, but it's unclear if that's enough to win Republicans over.
Podcast: The Divide – Clearfield CEO Cheri Beranek on preparing for the 'fiber bubble'
Broadband World News Video   5/25/2021   Post a comment
This week: Cheri Beranek, president and CEO of Clearfield, on addressing fiber deployment challenges in rural areas and how to prepare for an influx of demand for fiber broadband builds amidst supply shortages.
Redzone rejects $500,000 in RDOF money over mapping snafu
Broadband World News   5/24/2021   Post a comment
Fixed wireless provider Redzone told the FCC it would deploy 50Mbit/s services to the town of Town of Islesboro, Maine. The only problem? The town already operates a 1Gbit/s fiber network.
BBWN Bites: Civil rights groups, ISPs form broadband equity coalition
Broadband World News   5/21/2021   Post a comment
Also in this roundup: Internet access and vaccination rates; NTIA to dole out $288 million in grants; states allocate broadband funds; Zzoomm makes progress in UK.
FCC cheers 1M EBB signups as ISPs reportedly take advantage
Broadband World News   5/20/2021   Post a comment
The FCC asserts that over 900 broadband providers have signed up to participate in the program, but some customers seeking the subsidy say that ISPs are trying to push them into higher-priced packages.
Here's where states are making broadband progress
Broadband World News   5/20/2021   Post a comment
And why cable companies are 'terrified' of municipally provided broadband expansion.
Velocity in Kansas offers digital divide blueprint
Broadband World News   5/19/2021   Post a comment
Velocity, a fixed wireless provider launched by a utility co-op, built a network with stimulus money that could serve as a template for future broadband spending.
Podcast: The Divide – How 'Project Overcome' is tackling access in Clinton County, Missouri
Broadband World News Video   5/18/2021   Post a comment
This week: US Ignite's Mari Silbey – as well as Alex Wyglinski and Casey Canfield, co-leads on an Internet deployment project in Clinton County, Missouri – join the podcast to discuss 'Project Overcome,' a $2.7 million effort to tackle the digital divide with novel broadband solutions.
Charter says a small portion of its RDOF wins don't pass the test
Broadband World News   5/18/2021   Post a comment
Cable operator tells the FCC that a deeper analysis finds that a few areas in four states are already served by broadband or are recipients of broadband-related funding.
BBWN Bites: 183M European premises are fiber fed, says FTTH Council
Broadband World News   5/14/2021   Post a comment
Also in this roundup: Rural UK homes paying more for less; Cox coughs up 25 additional Mbit/s; SpaceX, Google partnership; FCC declares 'help has arrived.'
DZS ready to play 'long ball' on network convergence
Jeff Baumgartner   5/13/2021   Post a comment
With integrations and recent acquisitions now behind it, DZS outlines a vision touching mobile transport, broadband access and network virtualization.
BT ups fiber target to 25M UK premises by 2026
Broadband World News   5/13/2021   Post a comment
The company said it will explore joint ventures to fund the additional 5 million premises.
US broadband gap is three times larger than FCC says – study
Broadband World News   5/12/2021   Post a comment
As the Emergency Broadband Benefit program opens for enrollment today, a new report out this week says the federal agency is drastically under-representing the digital divide.
Biden: 25Mbit/s broadband is fine, I guess
Broadband World News   5/11/2021   Post a comment
Although President Biden has hinted at a broadband future with 1Gbit/s speeds, new rules from his administration suggest speeds of 100 Mbit/s. And they acknowledge speeds of just 25 Mbit/s.
New York taps Starry, Flume and others for its Master Plan
Broadband World News   5/11/2021   Post a comment
The five providers, chosen through a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) from the city issued last year, will deliver high-speed Internet for up to 30,000 NYCHA residents.
BBWN Bites: House divided on municipal broadband
Broadband World News   5/7/2021   Post a comment
Also in this roundup: Atlantic Broadband gets $4.2 million grant from Virginia; Alabama passes broadband bill; BT launches service for low-income households; Eutelsat and Facebook to expand broadband in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Podcast: The Divide – Next Century Cities' Francella Ochillo on documenting local perspectives in broadband policy
Broadband World News Video   5/6/2021   Post a comment
This week: Francella Ochillo, executive director of Next Century Cities, on the challenges local communities face in having their voices represented in broadband policy making and deployment.
Starlink claims 500K pre-orders as fiber players fret satellite hype
Broadband World News   5/5/2021   Post a comment
SpaceX launched an additional batch of 60 low-Earth orbit Starlink satellites into the sky on Tuesday, while announcing that the company's forthcoming Internet service has received 500,000 pre-orders.
Mobile broadband is still unaffordable in African countries – report
Broadband World News   5/5/2021   Post a comment
Looking at the cost of data-only mobile broadband as a percentage of average income, in 2020 eight out of the ten most expensive countries in the world for 1GB of mobile data were in Africa.
Nextlink walks away from RDOF obligations in New Mexico
Broadband World News   5/4/2021   Post a comment
Nextlink won't build Internet connections to 265 locations in New Mexico. The company said that's just 0.1% of its RDOF coverage area, but critics are beginning to sound the alarm.
Funding programs have shrunk US digital divide by less than 1% – report
Broadband World News   5/3/2021   Post a comment
Part of that is due to the 'changing definition of broadband,' says Deloitte. But the report warns against mandating 'too high a threshold' for minimally acceptable speeds.
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Here's where you can find episode links for 'The Divide,' Light Reading's podcast series featuring conversations with broadband providers and policymakers working to close the digital divide.
As we have for the past two years, Light Reading will present our Cable Next-Gen Europe conference as a free digital symposium on June 21.
Charter has sparked RDOF work in all 24 states where it won bids. The cable op booked about $19 million in RDOF revenues in Q1, and expects to have about $9 million per month come in over the next ten years.
As we have for the past two years, Light Reading will stage the Cable Next-Gen Technologies & Strategies conference as a free digital event over two half-days in mid-March.
Launch of 2-Gig and 5-Gig FTTP tiers in 70-plus markets puts more pressure on cable ops to enhance their existing DOCSIS 3.1 network or accelerate their upgrade activity centered on the new DOCSIS 4.0 specs.
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